Timberland: Manager, Integrated Business Planning

About the role

As the Manager, Integrated Business Planning at Timberland, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the Timberland Americas business. You'll partner across Merchandising, Sales, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Distribution Centers, and Finance to keep plans aligned and drive the business forward. Through leadership of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Sales & Operation Execution (S&OE) processes, you'll turn insights into action, optimizing revenue, profitability, and inventory productivity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) processes, ensuring alignment between demand, supply, inventory, and financial objectives across the Americas business.
• Drive channels towards short-term and long-term objectives, holding all channels accountable.
• Own business hindsight analysis, sell-out reporting, and marketplace performance analytics to inform trading decisions, seasonal planning milestones, and executive decision-making.
• Serve as the central point of contact for marketplace insights, consolidating information from Consumer Insights, Sales, Marketing, Merchandising, and other functions to drive fact-based recommendations.
• Develop and enhance analytical capabilities by evaluating key performance indicators including traffic, conversion, average transaction value, customer retention, inventory productivity, and revenue trends.
• Build AI automation into the process to focus on insights over data aggregation.
• Coordinate monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting activities, ensuring alignment between commercial plans, inventory strategies, and financial targets.
• Manage gross-to-net forecasting and reporting, providing visibility into promotional impacts, revenue drivers, and business risks and opportunities.
• Lead weekly shipment and inventory reviews with commercial teams and distribution center partners to ensure operational readiness and proactive issue resolution.
• Partner with Customer Service, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams to maintain a healthy order book, identify risks early, and support effective execution.
• Lead inventory trading discussions and actions to optimize inventory deployment, maximize sales opportunities, and minimize excess inventory risk.
• Support the Regional Long-Range Planning (LRP) process by providing insights, forecasts, and business recommendations that inform strategic planning.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and development for team members while fostering a collaborative, results-oriented culture.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in planning, business analytics, finance, supply chain, merchandising, or related fields with a demonstrated record of driving business results.
• Strong experience leading cross-functional planning processes, including demand planning, inventory planning, forecasting, or business planning.
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into clear business insights and actionable recommendations.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and align teams around common business objectives.
• Strong financial acumen, including experience with forecasting, gross-to-net management, inventory productivity, and performance analysis.
• Experience using data visualization and business intelligence tools to identify trends, measure performance, and support decision-making.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to effectively engage senior leadership teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining strong attention to detail.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing talent within a collaborative team environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within consumer products, wholesale, retail, footwear, apparel, or outdoor industry environments.
• Experience with Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), or Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) processes.
• Experience with advanced analytics, statistical forecasting, or planning systems.
• MBA or advanced degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Analytics, or a related discipline.
• Experience integrating AI into business reporting.

Schedule

This role operates on a hybrid schedule out of our HQ in Stratham, NH three days a week.

Pay

Hiring Range: $100,000.00 USD - $125,000.00 USD annually. This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential.

Benefits

Detailed information on benefits will be provided during the hiring process. You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered, including this year's medical plan rates, on www.MyVFbenefits.com by clicking "Looking to Join VF?"